Anjali Devi

Acting

Anjali Devi

Born — Died

1927-08-24 — 2014-01-13

Place of birth

Peddapuram, East Godavari, Madras Presidency (now in Andhra Pradesh), British India

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Anjali Devi (24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was a Telugu & Tamil actress and producer. She was well known for her role as the mythological Sita in Lava Kusha as well as for the titular roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.

Known for

Raksha Rekha poster
NR

The film begins with Kalavathi, the only daughter of Simhala King Rajasimha, who is averse to marriage. So was Sudhakara, son of King Parthapa of Avanthi. Unable to convince him to get married, King Parthapa keeps him, along with a servant Dooradarsi, in a dilapidated house in the forest.

Raksha Rekha

1949

No artwork available
7.0

Narada, sensing Rambha’s attempt to disrupt a rishi’s penance, provokes her vanity and orchestrates events that humiliate her on Krishna’s birthday by honoring Kalavathi and Vidyadhara as a dance pair. Though bound by rivalry and jealousy, Vidyadhara and Kalavathi fall in love and meet secretly. Nalacoobra, driven by desire, spies on them, deceives both through disguises, and causes Vidyadhara to believe Kalavathi is unfaithful. Heartbroken, Vidyadhara leaves Dwaraka, and Kalavathi sets out alone to find him. Nalacoobra repeatedly pursues and tries to violate her, while Rambha, cursed by Indra and blinded by jealousy, plots Kalavathi’s death. Kalavathi endures storms, deception, and exile, yet remains devoted. Ultimately, Rambha manipulates Kalpalika, a fanatic devotee, into preparing Kalavathi’s sacrifice at the Bhubaneshwar temple in pursuit of divine power.

Maaya Rambha

1950

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anukunnadhi Sadhistha

1978

No artwork available
NR

Marudhu impregnates his friend's sister and refuses to marry her. Later, his friend forcefully gets him married to his sister, but it comes at a huge cost.

Pozhuthu Vidinchachu

1984

Neelamalai Thirudan poster
NR

Neelamalai Thirudan, a young man, sets out to avenge his family that was separated during his childhood due to his bloodthirsty and materialistic uncle Nagappan.

Neelamalai Thirudan

1957

No artwork available
8.0

Prasad is an ambitous and young medical student who lives with his extended family. His oldest brother, Pathabi, is a hard working farmer who provides for the entire family. Prasad's other brothers, Prakasam and Pratap, waste a lot of time and money on frivolous things in life which only makes it harder on Pathabi. He decides to teach his lethargic brothers, what their eldest brother, does to make a hard earned pay.

Aadarsa Kutumbam

1969

Film credits

1980s · 8 titles

No artwork available
NR

Marudhu impregnates his friend's sister and refuses to marry her. Later, his friend forcefully gets him married to his sister, but it comes at a huge cost.

Pozhuthu Vidinchachu

1984

Guru Sishyulu poster
7.5

Brothers Kalyan and Gopi get separated at birth and grow up in different households. Years later, fate brings them together and they set out to exact revenge against their father's killer.

Guru Sishyulu

1981

Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam poster
9.0

Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam (Telugu: శ్రీ షిర్డీ సాయిబాబా మహత్యం) is a 1986 Telugu Biographical film directed by K. Vasu. It is based on the life of Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba, who has preached and practiced Religious humanism. Vijayachander portrayed the role of Baba. It was dubbed into Hindi as Shirdi Sai Baba Ki Kahani and into Tamil as Sri Shirdi Saibaba.

Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam

1986

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dongalu Baboi Dongalu

1984

No artwork available
NR

The movie is a blend of family drama, comedy, and action. It typically deals with the hero navigating family responsibilities, facing off against greedy or villainous elements (played by stalwarts like Kaikala Satyanarayana), and protecting his loved ones through clever schemes and action-packed confrontations

Amayakudu Kadhu Asadhyudu

1983

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Adrushtavanthudu

1980

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Devudichina Koduku

1980

Shrutilayalu poster
7.3

The film revolves around Naidu, a Carnatic musician whose adopted sons become popular performers in the city. In their success, they disrespect their father and lose sight of his original ambition of building a music academy. Years later, Sita, the daughter-in-law of Naidu, brings these souls on track.

Shrutilayalu

1987

1970s · 16 titles

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anukunnadhi Sadhistha

1978

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mahakavi Ashethrayya

1976

Talli Kodukulu poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Talli Kodukulu

1973

No artwork available
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Annadammula Savaal

1978

No artwork available
7.0

1973 Indian Telugu-language drama film

Jeevana Tarangalu

1973

Soggadu poster
7.0

Sobhanadri is popularly known as 'Soggadu' in his native village. He loves his cross-cousin Saroja. Saroja's father Paramesam does not like this as he wants Saroja to be married to a well-educated individual. Sobhanadri challenges Paramesam that he will marry an educated girl.

Soggadu

1975

Annai Oru Alayam poster
6.2

Rajinikanth catches forest animals through traps and sells them. Rajni's mother will tell him to stop his business, but he will not listen. Later he traps a elephant calf and the mother elephant comes in search of its calf.

Annai Oru Alayam

1979

Mande Gundelu poster
9.0

Sarada, a woman with special needs, loses her son Kalyan in an accident. But things take a turn when Anjali's son is introduced to Sarada as her son Kalyan.

Mande Gundelu

1979

Bhakta Tukaram poster
10.0

The story of this film is based on the life story of a prominent saint Tukaram.

Bhakta Tukaram

1973

Badi Panthulu poster
8.2

Raghava Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) is a teacher in a government primary school. His wife is Janaki (Anjali Devi). Papa Rao (Nagabhushanam) is the school proprietor. The teacher lives with the commitment to basic values of life. He has two sons Satyam (Rama Krishna) and Venu (Krishnam Raju) and a daughter (T. Padmini). The school children built a house for their teacher with love and affection. After retirement, Raghava Rao has no choice but to live with his children.His ungrateful children sell the house of Raghava Rao and Janaki against their wishes. They separate their father and mother and take care of them by rotation even though the old couple wants to live together. Ramu (Jaggayya) is an old student of Raghava Rao who becomes a police officer. He purchases Raghava Rao's house in the auction and gifts it to his beloved teacher.

Badi Panthulu

1972

No artwork available
NR

Sabatham is 1971 black-and-white Tamil Drama – Romantic film, directed by P. Madhavan.

Sabadham

1971

Kurukshetram poster
8.0

The Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata told through Cinema.

Kurukshetram

1977

Bala Bharatam poster
NR

The children of Pandu and Dhritarashtra, Pandavas and Kauravas, share their experiences with each other and tell the tales of their exciting and dangerous adventures.

Bala Bharatam

1972

Urimai Kural poster
6.7

Together, Gopi and his brother are a power to reckon with. But Dorai, a jealous man, tries to turn them against each other and create the possibility of sibling rivalry.

Urimai Kural

1974

No artwork available
NR

Raghava Rao is a wealthy businessman who values money and reputation above everything else. When his daughter Sita marries an orphan, Ramu, against his wishes, he ends his relationship with her.

Abhimanavanthulu

1973

Kalam Marindi poster
10.0

Lakshmipati is a village landlord who adopts Shanthi, the daughter of his lower caste servant. When Shanthi grows up and falls in love with Srinivas Rao, his family objects to their marriage due to her caste.

Kalam Marindi

1972

1960s · 14 titles

No artwork available
8.0

Prasad is an ambitous and young medical student who lives with his extended family. His oldest brother, Pathabi, is a hard working farmer who provides for the entire family. Prasad's other brothers, Prakasam and Pratap, waste a lot of time and money on frivolous things in life which only makes it harder on Pathabi. He decides to teach his lethargic brothers, what their eldest brother, does to make a hard earned pay.

Aadarsa Kutumbam

1969

No artwork available
8.0

Veeranjaneya is a 1968 Telugu film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao.

Veeranjaneya

1968

Lakshmi Nivasam poster
10.0

Lakshmi Nivasam is a 1968 Indian Telugu drama film released on Jul 19, 1968. The film is directed by V. Madhusudan Rao.

Lakshmi Nivasam

1968

Adutha Veettu Penn poster
8.0

Mannaru falls in love with his neighbour, Leela, who is a skilled dancer and singer. Realising that he could woo Leela through music, Mannaru seeks help from his musically talented friend.

Adutha Veettu Penn

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nirdoshi

1967

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Stree Janma

1967

The Creation of Woman poster
5.6

This 14-minute film talks about the Hindu god Brahma's creation of life, the world and of course the first woman. Saeed Jaffrey narrates the story as dancers Bhaskar, Dinu and Anjali Devi "act" out the story.

The Creation of Woman

1961

Lava Kusa poster
8.6

This movie deals with the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of the sons of Rama & Sita.

Lava Kusa

1963

No artwork available
NR

When an egoistic ascetic, Rakthabhisha, performs a penance to get salvation, Goddess Lalitha appears before him and sets a tough condition for him to fulfil.

Rahasyam

1967

No artwork available
7.0

Vasanthasena is a dancer in a king's palace. When Shakara troubles her, she escapes and meets Charudatta. But Shakara has no plans to leave them alone.

Vasantha Sena

1967

No artwork available
4.0

Telugu language film 1961

Bhaktha Jayadeva

1961

Sri Krishna Tulabharam poster
NR

When Sathyabhama, the wife of Sri Krishna starts envying his other wives, he decides to teach her a lesson.

Sri Krishna Tulabharam

1966

Ennathan Mudivu poster
10.0

A just-released convict plans revenge against the man who framed him for two crimes.

Ennathan Mudivu

1965

Chadarangam poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chadarangam

1967

1950s · 17 titles

No artwork available
7.0

Narada, sensing Rambha’s attempt to disrupt a rishi’s penance, provokes her vanity and orchestrates events that humiliate her on Krishna’s birthday by honoring Kalavathi and Vidyadhara as a dance pair. Though bound by rivalry and jealousy, Vidyadhara and Kalavathi fall in love and meet secretly. Nalacoobra, driven by desire, spies on them, deceives both through disguises, and causes Vidyadhara to believe Kalavathi is unfaithful. Heartbroken, Vidyadhara leaves Dwaraka, and Kalavathi sets out alone to find him. Nalacoobra repeatedly pursues and tries to violate her, while Rambha, cursed by Indra and blinded by jealousy, plots Kalavathi’s death. Kalavathi endures storms, deception, and exile, yet remains devoted. Ultimately, Rambha manipulates Kalpalika, a fanatic devotee, into preparing Kalavathi’s sacrifice at the Bhubaneshwar temple in pursuit of divine power.

Maaya Rambha

1950

Neelamalai Thirudan poster
NR

Neelamalai Thirudan, a young man, sets out to avenge his family that was separated during his childhood due to his bloodthirsty and materialistic uncle Nagappan.

Neelamalai Thirudan

1957

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Swapna Sundari

1950

Town Bus poster
NR

Town Bus is a 1955 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by K. Somu and produced by M. A. Venu under his banner M. A. V. Pictures. The film was written by A. P. Nagarajan, and the soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film stars N. N. Kannappa and Anjali Devi, A. Karunanidhi, T. K. Ramachandran in the lead roles with V. K. Ramasamy, M. N. Rajam, T. P. Muthulakshmi portraying supporting roles. The plot of the film was built around a bus transport company based in Coimbatore.

Town Bus

1955

Sarvadhikari poster
10.0

1951 Indian Tamil-language historical adventure film

Sarvadhikari

1951

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chakravarthi Thirumagal

1957

No artwork available
9.0

The film begins in a village, where a wealthy couple, Ganapathi (Chadalavada) & Rangamma (Kannamba) has a son Krishna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and a daughter Swarajyam (Suryakala). Here, virago Rangamma maintains the household authority and scorns on the step-son Krishna. Krishna falls for his childhood Radha (Anjali Devi), daughter of school teacher Ramaiah (Perumallu). Learning it, Ramaiah moves with the wedding proposal when Rangamma desires Rs 10,000 of dowry. So, Ramaiah approaches malicious President Kondaiah (Gummadi) one that tramples the villagers by providing loans. At present, Ramaiah mortgages his property and acquires amount. But indeed, Kondaiah aspires to possess Radha, so, he thefts the dowry amount which makes avaricious Rangamma cancel the match. During that plight, Ramaiah agrees to couple up Radha with Kondaiah when Radha attempts suicide.

Women's Authority

1958

Jayasimha poster
10.0

Inspired from the Telugu novel Veera Pooja, the film tells the story of Jayasimha (played by Rama Rao), the crown prince of Malawa kingdom who escapes assassination attempts from his uncle Rudrasimha (Ranga Rao), who wishes to ascend the throne as the next king. Jayasimha leaves Malawa assuming a new identity and leads the life of a soldier in Magadha kingdom.

Jayasimha

1955

Anarkali poster
7.0

The legend of the romance between Mughal prince Salim and Anarkali.

Anarkali

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Doctor Savithri

1955

Ratha Paasam poster
10.0

Raja is a petty thief living around the streets of Bombay, indulging in pickpocketing. In the same city lives Rani who makes a living through dancing. The two meet and fall in love. Raghu, the owner of a cycle company, lives luxuriously with his wife Sarala and children in Madras. Madhu, his manager, has been misappropriating the company funds with the help of his lover Manorama who Raghu is later attracted to. The company is soon closed due to losses, putting Sarala and her children in poverty.

Ratha Paasam

1954

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ambikapathy

1957

Marmayogi poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marmayogi

1951

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nirdoshi

1951

No artwork available
10.0

Considered to be a lost film.

Ponvayal

1954

Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp poster
5.5

Alladin throws away a magic lamp after an evil magician fools him into finding it. Years later, when Alladin learns the full extent of its powers, he decides to find and use it.

Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp

1957

Tumsa Nahin Dekha poster
6.7

Twenty years ago, Sardar Rajpal killed his brother and fled his hometown with his adopted daughter. Once settled, he asked his estranged wife to send their son on the misleading promise of employment. When two young men with the same name show up, both claiming to be there for the job, a baffled Sardar is forced to work out the imposter and his motive, while his daughter gradually develops a soft spot for one of them.

Tumsa Nahin Dekha

1957

1940s · 5 titles

Raksha Rekha poster
NR

The film begins with Kalavathi, the only daughter of Simhala King Rajasimha, who is averse to marriage. So was Sudhakara, son of King Parthapa of Avanthi. Unable to convince him to get married, King Parthapa keeps him, along with a servant Dooradarsi, in a dilapidated house in the forest.

Raksha Rekha

1949

Uljhan poster
10.0

A social drama starred Sardar Akhtar, Mazhar Khan, Anjali Devi and Krishnakant

Uljhan

1942

Punar Milan poster
8.0

A quarrel at a birthday party ends in a guest’s death, and the son takes the blame to protect his father. Fleeing to the city, he struggles until a street dancer helps him, and the two grow close. A chance encounter between the dancer and the man’s sister sets off events involving love, misunderstandings, and the eventual unveiling of the truth.

Punar Milan

1940

Keelu Gurram poster
10.0

A young man after knowing his past through his queen mother who has been abandoned from the kingdom by the king for some false complaints against her, tries to make the things get better in the kingdom with the help of a magical horse.

Keelu Gurram

1949

Balaraju poster
NR

The story begins in heaven a Devakanya Mohini and a Yaksha are in love. Indra, the ruler of Suvarloka, has an interest in Mohini. His emissary Kubera, unable to separate the lovers, curses Yaksha to be born as a human. Mohini refuses to bow to the wish of Indra, who then curses her to be born as a human and pine for her lover. The Yaksha, now Balaraju, is brought up by a shepherd. Mohini is found in a field by Kamma Naidu, who names her Sita and brings her up. As she grows up, pressure mounts on him to perform her marriage. Fearing that the wealth he had acquired after her arrival may disappear if she leaves him, he refuses to get her married and keeps her in a solitary tower in a forest.

Balaraju

1948

Behind the camera